The Elements 2015 Calendar

A whole new year of The Elements calendar! A month-by-month tour of the most beautiful and fascinating elements in the periodic table.

The Elements 2015 Calendar is perfect for scientists, students, teachers, and anyone interested in the beauty and diversity of nature. Each month shows a full-page photograph of a featured element in its pure form and offers an interesting and informative anecdote. The elements in this year’s calendar are boron, nitrogen, indium, thallium, polonium, plutonium, and thorium. Smaller images of each element, as well as compounds, items made with the element, and products containing the element appear within the monthly grid. Also included are important dates in chemical history, as well as major North American, British, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand holidays.

Theodore Gray is the author of the best-selling The Elements: A Visual Exploration of Every Known Atom in the Universe ; Theo Gray’s Mad Science: Experiments You Can Do at Home, But Probably Shouldn’t; Mad Science 2: Experiments You Can Do At Home, but Still Probably Shouldn’t; and of Popular Science magazine’s “Gray Matter” column. With his company Touch Press, Gray is the developer of the best-selling iPad and iPhone apps The Elements, Solar System, Skulls, The Waste Land, and Disney Animated. He lives in Champaign-Urbana, IL.

Nick Mann is a freelance photographer. Aside from having photographed more elements than probably anyone in the world, he is an accomplished landscape, sport, and event photographer. He lives in Champaign-Urbana, IL.